Hektor Spray-paint output device

This contraption is the opening piece for the Design and the Elastic Mind show that's up at the MoMA in NYC right now!



what the blurb says (thanks MoMA!):

Jürg Lehni (Swiss born 1978) and Uli Franke (German born 1978)

Hektor Spray-Paint Output device

Stepper motor, toothed belts, aluminum casing, spray can, suitcase, custom-made electronics, and Scriptographer software.

“In a publishing world dominated by paper and ink, Hektor allows for printing with spray paint. The contraption commands a suspended spray-paint can that ”prints” text written using Scriptographer, an Adobe Illustrator scripting plug-in designed by Lehni. “During operation, the mechanism sometimes trembles and wobbles and the paint often drips,” the designers say, creating a tension between low and high technology. “

Maybe we should print our next issue this way??